Diocese of Mbinga, Tanzania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Mbinga / Mbingaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Songea

1986.12.22: Established as Diocese of Mbinga / Mbingaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Songea and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
1987.11.18: Became suffragan of Songea

Bishop (2011.03.12 – ...):

Bishop John Chrisostom Ndimbo (64)

Bishops of Mbinga (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Chrisostom Ndimbo (64)
(2011.03.12 – ...)

Bishop of Mbinga (Tanzania)

Priest of Mbinga (Tanzania) (1989.06.21 – 2011.03.12)

Bishop of Mbinga (Tanzania) (2011.03.12 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Njombe (Tanzania) (2021.04.13 – 2023.10.19)

Bishop Emmanuel A. Mapunda
(1986.12.22 – 2011.03.12)

Bishop of Mbinga (Tanzania) (1986.12.22 – 2011.03.12)

Njombe (↑), Songea (→), Lichinga (↓)

Area: 11,400 km²

Population: 430,814 Catholics (76.7% of 561,814 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 65 priests (58 diocesan, 7 religious), 425 religious (8 brothers, 417 sisters), 193 seminarians

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